Judith Collins has delivered a master class on how you smack down the woke Wombles when it comes to their “diversity” questions:
New National leader Judith Collins says “a couple of little tweaks” to her party’s line-up are likely – but she won’t be considering diversity when making her decisions.
Collins told Magic Talk host Peter Williams that when picking who in the party would do what, she would “not be distracted by people’s gender or ethnicity”.
“I’ve never really thought ethnicity was all that important – I’m an ethnic minority in my own home,” she said on Wednesday morning, referring to the fact her husband is Samoan.
“I am someone who believes [the decision should be made] utterly on merit… you pick the right people for the job, and that job is to do what you have to do and not worry too much about how they look, what their gender is or anything else.
“We’ve got great people of many ethnicities in our party – and by the way, they’re all qualified to be there on their own merits.”…
Despite her lack of concern about diversity, Collins also singled out Maori MP Shane Reti, currently 13th on the party’s list, for praise – describing him as an “outstanding New Zealander and MP” and “one of our standout people” in an interview with RNZ.
However she repeated the controversial question she asked after Muller was criticised for a lack of diversity on his front bench in May: “Is there something wrong with being white?”
“I think most New Zealanders aren’t worried about things like culture wars,” she told RNZ.
Not hard was it. That’s the end of that argument. On top of that she’s promoted Shane Reti to Health, and it is because he’s the best person for the job, not because he’s Maori.
The media will give up on the diversity question now, it has been emphatically quashed.
People would have cheered at her answer and her refusal to cave to the woke wombles.
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